A Funeral Service for Grady Wayne Lewis, 78, of Marshall will be held at 3:00pm, Sunday, January 15, 2017 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow the service in Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation with family and friends will take place Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Downs Funeral Home from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Mr. Lewis passed away January 13, 2017 with his loving family by his side.

Grady Wayne Lewis was born December 31, 1938 to Charlie and Beatrice Box Lewis in Epps, Louisiana. At a young age, Grady joined the United States Air Force. In 1965, Grady married the love of his life, Donna Rasberry. They spent the next 51 years raising their children, spoiling their grandchildren and caring for one another. Grady was a Jack of All Trades. He enjoyed working on cars or heavy equipment, gardening, playing the guitar and being a truck driver. Being outdoors and spending time with his family were two things he enjoyed most.

Preceding Grady in death were his parents, Charlie and Beatrice Lewis; sister, Mildred Gentry; brothers, C. W., Ray, Phillip and Kenneth Lewis.

Those left cherish the many memories of Grady Lewis are his wife, Donna Lewis; sons, James W. Lewis and wife, Kandi, Michael Lewis and wife, Wendy; grandchildren, Jamie (Josh) Renberg, Allen W. (Aunie) Lewis, Whitney (Jeffrey) Collins, Kayce Lewis, Isaiah Watson, Dillon Isenburg, Michael S. Lewis, II (Bailee), Stormy (Clayton) Stewart, Madisson Lewis, Lacy Hordern; ten great-grandchildren; sisters, Francis Rinicker of Tallullah, LA, Charlene Broussard of Houston, TX, Sybil Ashley of Jefferson, TX, and Becky Amos of Vicksburg, MS; brother, Vernon (Judy) Lewis of Marshall, TX; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to give a special thanks to his nurses, David Maes and Jamie Broadaway, for the care and kindness shown to Grady at Marshall Manor.